Preheater.



UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. emrisbonr AND-WILLIAM E. mama, or Morison, aaaar aa.

PREHEA'TER Y Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented" July 23, 1918.

Application'filed a rn e, 1917. Serial No. 163,252;

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that: we, EDWARD. L. GIBBS- DouF and VILLIAM E. FARMER,citizens of the United States, residing at Monroe, in

- the county of Platte and State of Nebraska,

have-invented certain useful Improvements in Preheat'ers,-of which thefollowing is a,

specification; reference being had therein to the accompanylng drawing.

Thepresent invention has reference generally to improvements in thatclass of intion of gasolene or the like as it is intro-' ducedinto-thecyhnders of the engine, thus increasing the efficiency of theactuation of:

the engine.

More particularly, the present invention includes the provision of anovel fuel receiving receptacle as well as improved means for attachingthe receptacle in a suspended position beneath the intake manifold sothat the flame issuing from the receptacle will be directed against themanifold.

It is a more specific object of the present invention to provideabsorbent means in the receptacle for preventing splashing and spillingof the fuel; to provide reticulated means for maintaining an even flame;and to provide a movably mounted cover for removably closing thereceptacle so as to smother and thereby extinguish the flame when it isso desired.

Among the other aims and objects of the invention, may be recited theprovision of a device of the character mentioned with a view tocompactness, and in which thenumber of parts are few, the constructionsimple, the cost of production low and the efficiency high.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof this invention will be more readily apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claim, forming a part of this specification.

The preferred embodiment of this invention is clearly illustrated in theaccompanyin drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing two of V theheating attachments appliedon 'the opposite portions of thein'talie manifol'di f F129;. 2' is anenlarged front elevation of the invention partly in longitudinalsection.

Fig. is a central transverse sectional view of the device, the coverbeing shown in an open position, while the dotted lines indicate thecover in a closed position.

Similar chai'acters of reference are ,employed in all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate correspondingparts.

Referring no v, more'p articularly, tothe accompanying drawings, thereis "provided a receptacle of an oblong configuration including sidewalls1' with a bottom .2" connected to. the lower edgeof the 'side walls bymeans of the flange 3 whichei' gages the correspondingly shaped edge oftheside walls. This receptacle is designed for receiving a suitableliquid fuel. In attaching the receptacle in position an upwardlyextending arm 4 is formed integral the side wall intermediate the endsand has an opening 5 adjacent the upper end which is engaged by oneofthe bolts 6 which clamps the flanges '7 on the sections 8 of theintake manifold. As indicated in Fig. 1 two of these heating attachmentsare connected to the respective ends of the flanges 7 on the respectiveends of the Y-shaped section 8 of the manifold so as to maintain therecep tacle in a suspended position beneath the manifold.

In order toprevent splashing and spilling of the fuel within thereceptacle a piece of absorbent material 10 is arranged to rest on thebottom thereof while suitable reticulated means such as a piece of wirescreen 11 having flange portions 12 is arranged to rest on the uppersurface of the absorbent material 10 so that the flange portions arearranged between the edges of the absorbent material and the adjacentwalls of the receptacle. The purpose of this piece of screen is toproduce an even flame subsequent to the ignition of the fuel.

lVith a view toward providing suitable means for smothering andconsequently extinguishing the flame, a movably mounted cover 13 isprovided to engage the upper edge of the receptacle. A flange 1& dependsin a slot 16 in the Wall of the cover substantially intermediate theends thereof and opposite the arms 4. This arrangement permits of aswinging of the cover to a closed or open position if desired. Theflange lat is preferably provided at a point opposite the hook with arecess 17 to permit of an ef fective engagement of the flange with theside walls of the cover about the arm t.

In use, assuming that the device has been assembled in the mannerdescribed and attached in the position as indicated in Fig. 1 it is onlynecessarv to swing ihe cover to a position as indicated in Fig. 3 andignite the fuel and the flames issuing from the re ccptacle are directedtoward the under surface of the intake manifold so as to heat this pipeand consequently insure of an efficient vaporization of the mixturepassing there through preparatory to its introduction into the cylindersof the engine (not shown).

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings com prehend only the general and preferred embodiment of thisinvention and that various minor changes in detail of construction,proportion and arrangement of the parts Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the may be made within thescope of the aim pended claim, and Without sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, What is claimed is:

A device of the character described including a fuel receivingreceptacle, an attaching arm integral with and continuing upwardly fromthe upper edge of one side of the receptacle approximately intermedi atethe ends thereof, the opposite side of the receptacle being prov idedwith a horizontal slot, a cover, a flange depending from and extendingentirely about the edge of the cover for telescopic engagement with thereceptacle, a hook depending from the flange and engageable in the slotfor removahly connecting the cover to the receptacle so as to assure ofthe smothering and extinguishing of the flame when desired, and theflange being cut away at a point opposite the hook to permit of a properengagement of the flanged cover on the receptacle.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

EDWARD L. GIERSDORF. WILLIAM E. FARMER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

